Last week saw considerable appetite—demand, even—among those assembled at the club for no fewer than eight rounds of G/3+2 blitz after Frisco’s excellent lecture, something we were able to accommodate with just enough time to spare to meet our 9pm closing deadline (which I’m still trying to extend, incidentally). We again had several first-time visitors to the club, one of whom, Zachary Rhinehart, proved his mettle with a hard-fought first place finish at 7.0 out of 8 points.
Remarkably, young Cameron Troy, who is clearly getting stronger each and every week, took sole second with 6.5 points, and that after an epic final-round battle with fellow junior player Austin Chen, who tied for fourth with four other strong players at 5.0. Pranav Jindal was sole third at 5.5 points (he and I both fell to Cameron in this event). I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: watching our many strong junior players improve week after week is one of the most rewarding aspects of the club for me and I look forward to seeing their continued improvement as they play with our club or elsewhere. Full results are in the attached image and thank you to everyone who participated in the tournament.
Tonight will be another casual evening at the club with a lecture beginning at 6:30pm followed by a G/5+0 blitz tournament round 7pm—I hope to see many of you there! Regards,
Mark Drury
